10/1 I am a liberal. I've constantly being lectured about how great
free-market is. I am a bit frustrated now that practically *NO* ONE
talk about free-market anymore.
\_ eBay works well in the free market. In short, IMHO free market
works the best if you're dealing with oranges and such, and
not so well when you're dealing with homes and healthcare. I
for one welcome FDR style government because we're ready for it.
The pending wave of Socialism reforms is about to sweep America.
I know, because I am the next generation, and we want Socialism.
We are as talented and hard working as the generation before us, and
the generation before that, but unlike them we all missed out
the dot-com and housing boom. We have NOTHING to win and
everything to lose with the F-U everything for myself
Reagan style Capitalism. But we have everything to win
and NOTHING to lose with FDR style programs. We're fed up, and
we want CHANGE. The future of America depends on a bunch of
people like us, and we want Socialism NOW. More taxes on the
people who have, and less taxes on people who do not. Fuck
Prop 13, fuck corporate tax cuts, fuck religious nuts, fuck
anti-gay biggots, fuck tax cuts, fuck deficits, fuck automobiles,
fuck free market. We are ready for change.
\_ http://tinyurl.com/socialismisback

10/2 Why is it I see on TV about all the J6P's talking about how their
401(k) has blown up implying they couldn't do anything about it. Like
they didn't realize they could login (or call their broker) and
transfer some or all into the 401(k)'s money market fund?
Well, you guys, Berkeley grads, know you can do that right?
I'm talking about 401(k), not IRA or your personal stock portfolio.
\_ Yes they can transfer, but isn't it too late to transfer after it
has blown up?
\_ well, guess it was more of a rhetorical question. I already have
my own answer. anyways, investment tip guys:
"repricing of U.S. credit" - you may be hearing this in the
future. I have not read this phrase anywhere else, yet. (in
fact there are 0 phrase matches on google)
(disclaimer: this is not a suggestion to plow everything into
random foreign stock markets. instead, you are all berkeley
grads and can create your own model about how this will evidence
itself in market indicators and impacts your investments.)
\_ What do you think this will do to the value of the dollar?
\_ in the short term, the value of the dollar is being
driven up by financial entities delevering dollar-denom
investments and fear that more european banks won't survive
the delevering. in the medium term ...
also keep in mind that smart money right now is trying
to figure out if there is anything safer than long-term
U.S. Treasuries (and there may not be--but the general
hedge of reallocation has been going on for some time)
hedge of reallocation has been going on for ~1-2 yrs)
\_ The "smart money" was busy buying MBS last year.
\_ and the 3-5 years before that (volume wise). the
topic is not whether this is "smart", but how you
stay ahead of the game.
\_ Not every 401k is the same. For instance, at my old company the
only 401k option was company stock. Not all are so restrictive,
but there are at least some without a money market or equivalent
fund.

10/2 What is it like to date a Republican?
\_ Dated a TAIWANESE Republican. Great sex, but some side effects.
Always thinks she's right. Very stubborn. She's never wrong, and
you're always wrong. Materialistic. Always talks about money.
Complains about job all the time. Wants more money. Plays stocks
a lot. Talks about stocks all the time. Great sex. Always talks
about herself. High maintenance. Talks too much. Talks about
stocks and $$$. Complains about work. More righteous than
anyone else. Wants more tax cuts. Does not care about anyone
else except herself. Fuck mass transit and homeless and
social programs, the government should spend more money on
ME ME ME. Wants more tax cuts. Does not care about war as long
as it doesn't affect her tax rates. Votes Republican all the
time because it's GOOD FOR TAIWAN, so nothing else matters!
And low tax, oh my! Republicans are GOOD. Who cares about faggots
and minorities, lower tax is good for me! Me me me. $$$. See,
she's totally self absorbed & selfish & annoying. My advice is
that to be happy with someone like this, you too should be a
Republican and use her until she's no longer of value to you.
\_ Great sex. Annoying arguments. Overruse of cloying personal care
products by your SO.
\_ Annoying sex. Great arguments. Crappy food.
\_ Why crappy food? I thought southerners ate better and
took better care of themselves. SOUTHERN BELLES, MAN.
\_ Have you ever been to the south?
\_ I've never been to the south. In fact, like many
people here, I've never left Northern California.
people here, I've never been outside of N Cal.
The only real reference I have is Sweet Alabama.
Please tell me about the South. -pp
\_ Well the Republican I dated wasn't from the South,
but classic Southern food isn't exactly known for
being healthy.
\_ There's usually an inverse correlation between
something that tastes good and something that
is healthy.
\_ Spoken like someone who knows nothing
about food.
\_ The key word is: usually.
\_ You beat me to it.
\_ I have. Women there (men, too) from the upper classes
\_ I heard Southern pussies are bigger. Whether that's
environmental or genetic is still debatable.
http://csua.com/?entry=34794
\_ Southern men are just more well-endowed.
are more put together. They dress up more often and
wear makeup everywhere they go. This is in stark
contrast to people in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic who
are boring and plain-looking. I am not sure where
to classify Texans, but there are lots of hotties in
Texas, Florida, and Georgia.
\_ And generally chubby, you forgot that part. MOTD
boob guy would like it there.
\_ And you forgot that dim like them chunky. Dim
\_ I was visting family, sorry.
\_ And you forgot that dim like 'em chunky. Dim
likes 'em Texan size. Dim like JACKIE JOHNSON.
Dim like LA and suburban homes. Bigger IS better.

10/2 I haven't had wet dreams for years. Is there any wet-dream-enhancing
drugs out there?
\_ Stop masturbating. (I'd say stop having sex but if you are
as pathetic a troll as this I think it's pretty obvious you
are still a 30 year old virgin.)
\_ Nope. Married and two kids. -- OP
\_ Agreed. I stopped having sex for about 2 years and I concentrate
most of my energy at work. I'm going to get promoted thanks
to channeling all of my energy to my professional work. The
plus side is that it makes my wife happier too because she's
a typical TAIWANESE WOMAN with the sexual drive of an ice cube
but has a voracious appetite for a suburban house where she
keeps all her expensive shoes and Gucci and Bebe and Prada
wears that she never wears.
\_ Why are you still with her? Is she otherwise fun? Does
she work in a comparable job?
\_ because I no longer have any sex drive myself. I've
been taking medications and my career's going well.
\_ But do you like having her around? Is she a net zero,
negative or positive? If regular sex isn't her value
add, what is?
\_ If I have the ability to divert my sex drive energy to my
work, I would probably be at two levels above my current level
on the corporate ladder. But I don't have that ability. I
waste a lot of time and energy on having sex, surfing porn,
day-dreaming about sex, and masturbating. -- OP
waste so much time and energy on having sex, surfing porn,
day-dreaming about sex, thinking about other hot women, and
masturbating. -- OP

10/2 Is there any Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox 3? I go to a site that
uses Flash and click "install plugin", then it says Adobe Flash Player
is not available.
\_ Uh, yes there is. Download and install it yourself if it doesn't
work.

10/2 I have a Maildir with 100s of thousands of mails.
Is there some tool i can run on the command line (local server
access is available) to sort this into IMAP directories by date
(Doing this over IMAP with a mail client like thunderbird is just
too painfull). tnx.

10/2 Prison Mackerel economics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290720439096481.html
\- hello the famous paper in this spirit is:
http://www.albany.edu/~mirer/eco110/pow.html
it is somewhat odd that paper is not referenced in the article.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2550133
it is somewhat odd that paper is not referenced in the article. tnx.
\_ I'd love to pay strippers with mackerels
\_ I love the idea that it was chosen as currency because noone
actually wants to eat that crap.
\_ I don't get that part. Cigs were used because they were
extremely valuable to many people. Why would you use something
with no particular value, that isn't backed up by anything?
\_ If you think of cigs as the gold standard, mackerels are now
more of a free-floating economy. That said, they're very
similar to greenbacks: they're not in infinite supply; they
have no intrinsic value by themselves, though they _can_ be
eaten if it comes to that (much as you _can_ heat or wall-
paper your house with dollar bills if it comes to that); and
they can be traded for services because there are people who
will pretend that they have value. Added bonus: they're of
use and value as themselves to people who want to build
muscle, so you're getting in the good graces of big dudes
when you trade them to them. Big dudes are their own kind of
currency in the joint.
\_ So wait, smokers who go to prison my immediately go cold turkey now?

10/2 Bank runs in Greece!
\_ URL?
\_ google above. may be just electronic, since there are no photos
\_ The top hits are "ronpaulforums" and "usagold". Sorry, this
does not qualify as anything but a rumor at this point.
\_ try clicking the "News" link padawan
fyi, there were also silent bank runs on WB after WM went
TU, which led to WB's forced merger by FDIC
\_ None of the "news" links mention a bank run of any kind,
they all just say that Greece has guaranteed all
deposits. What is a "silent bank run"?
\_ no lines, yet significant net withdrawals
"after panic withdrawals by customers in Athens and
Thessaloniki, creating an unstoppable stampede across
Europe" - telegraph.co.uk
\_ And you believe that sensationalistic drivel?
Are they predicting a European wide bank run or
reporting on it? What is a "panic withdrawal"?
Are their lines outside the banks? Did any
banks fail? It just sounds like a slow news
day to me.
\_ yes, you are right. i will slink home and
kill myself. i am stupid.

10/2 I'm with Verizon and debating between the LG ENV2 and Blackberry
Curve. Any recommendations from anyone? Thanks.
\_ ditch verizon, go for GOOG G1 end of Oct 2008
\_ Apple has been hiring ENV2 people like crazy...Verizon will
soon offer an iPhone plan too.

10/2 New Palin strategy: If you don't know how to answer the
question, just make up your own and answer that instead.
\_ So she's graduated to the national stage as a politician?
\_ Yes, and to be more specific, she's a certified Republican.
\_ MSNBC says 19% said Palin won and 2.9% tie. Loyalty, baby,
loyalty. It's something Democrats do not have.
\_ 100 -(19 + 2.9) = 78.1% either though Biden won or had no
opinion. But hey, math is hard.
\_ You miss what PP was saying. PP was saying that even with
Palin's crappy performance, 19% of the respondents are so
loyal to their Republican Party that they insist she won.
PP didn't say that she actually won or that the majority
thinks she won. -- !PP
\_ thank you. you get 100% for reading comp, and the pp
gets 0. -not the pp, but pp pp
\_ You get 0 for writing grade. Try harder. -confused pp
\_ Freeper: "Palin was good enough, I'm going to vote for McCain
now."
\_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFSSvtaaF-c
\_ Just saw interviews from ppl who thought Palin won. Are there
ANY non-whities who thought Palin won?
\_ MAVERICKS, all of them.